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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1946
Page
5
Aug 13 Cabell County recount shows incumbent Robert H. Weber ahead of Mayor Paul O. Fiedler by 179 votes. Fiedler signed a petition demanding a full precinct by precinct ballot recount, saying supporters deserve an explanation and insisting on openness without making charges.
FAIRMONT August 13 The northern West Virginia coalfields saw further declines as 65 mines closed due to a railroad car shortage. The Solid Puels Administration reported 64 idle B and O operations and one idle at Monongahela. After loading 2,149 cars yesterday for 175,600 tons output, today the B and O moved 1,559 cars and Monongahela had 80 percent supply, with output expected to drop to about 125,000 tons.
The Minor Judiciary Association of West Virginia will convene in Wheeling Sunday August 25 under president W B Woodrum. The group formed earlier in Parkersburg has members in more than half of the state's 55 counties with Rex D Connelly J J Mc Linden and C D Smith among its officers. A separate note mentions fly paper used to trap ants around kitchen furniture.
Backache relief advice claims tired kidneys cause pain swelling and fatigue. It promotes Doan's Pills as a diuretic to flush poisons from blood, suggests readers seek druggist and use the product for decades.
Trustees of the Herbert J. Thomas Memorial hospital opened a drive for 200000 at an open house in Charleston attended by more than 3000 people. The hospital, named for a Marine sergeant awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously, needs the money for operating costs before it can open.
Britain blocks illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine by enforcing a strict Haifa curfew and moving uncertified refugees toward Cyprus internment camps. A total blockade is declared to curb future flows, with Zionist links alleged to have funded the operations. Arab residents join in protests while Jews express anger at worsened conditions.
President Truman signed a five year hospital construction program totaling 1.125 billion dollars. The act authorizes federal funding covering one third of hospital costs with 375 million dollars from the federal government and 750 million from sponsors. States receive funds based on per capita income, population, and value of products, among other factors.
An official canvass of the primary election ballots in Huntington shows the proposed municipal bond issue defeated by 1,147 votes and the airport construction levy defeated by 1,368. Of the total, 10,560 voted for the bond and 8,951 against, while 10,264 supported the levy and 9,122 opposed.
Molotov pressed to upset compromises of the foreign ministers council and rejected any link between peace with Germany and Trieste. He cited Soviet victories at Stalingrad and in North Africa and Italy as the turning point toward a democratic postwar order, saying Italy must purge Fascist remnants to become democratic. Byrnes opened unlimited debate on Italy with Vishinsky protesting the deferral ruling as an insult to the Soviet Union.
PARKEASBURG West Virginia August 13 Special One of the things that war veterans are going to remember when voting in November is that the promised dream homes have failed to sterilize for the veteran majority of them H E Tom Clovis executive secretary of the Republican State Executive Committee declared today The way veterans can scarcely be blamed if they complain about the way the so called expedited veterans housing program has broken down First it was severely handicapped by the granting of permits for non essential building construction Delayed construction and substitute materials have greatly increased costs In too many cases the veterans HH priorities are just a blank check on an over drawn account After seven months of so called all out effort and full government powers comparatively few homes for veterans have been built while the opportunity for gross favoritism and arbitrary position is not reassuring In one city where 4000 priorities were granted only 1500 actual homes were started and less than 100 have been completed They can be soon bogged down in all stages for lack of materials The figures issued by the Washington bureaucrats on the large number of priorities granted will deceive no one A priority is no good if the building materials cannot be had.
Sterry R. Waterman an attorney and ex unemployment compensation commissioner and Ralph E. Flanders former Boston Fed chief vie for the seat left by Warren R. Austin as President Truman’s U N representative. Gov. Mortimer R. Proctor backs former senator Ernest W. Gibson for the nomination.
Democratic primary in South Carolina features 11 candidates with Governor Williams promoting privatized liquor sales and legalized betting ideas while NAACP leader J M Hinton urges Black voters to participate. A CID probe centers on Lewis Oscar and David L Warner, detailing overseas shipments of watches, cameras, and cigarettes linked to wartime trading and illicit profits.
Major Clyde B White of Huntington and Clarksburg takes command of the Huntington military sub-district succeeding Lieut Col John Q who is ordered overseas Madame Curie born Manya Sklodowska worked as a governess in Poland before becoming a scientist
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